These pictures are of the many sad memorials erected by friends & family to honor murder and other violence victims in the Washington DC area. These spontaneous, homemade, heartfelt creations are found on streets throughout the region. They are often the only physical tribute to the many slaying victims.
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Saturday, November 16, 2013

From WJLA: A woman was killed and four others were injured after a driver struck multiple
cars in the area of Benning Road and East Capitol Street NE Friday evening Novemer
8, 2013, around 6:10 p.m., according to police. Johnson was driving a van when
he came upon cars stopped at a light. He then swerved into oncoming traffic and
struck Shamika Latrice Smith, 24, in the crosswalk at East
Capitol Street.

Witnesses
say she was dragged at least 150 feet, and it’s fair to assume that Smith had
no idea what was coming at her because police said the van’s headlights were
off and it was already dark out.

In
court on Monday, prosecutors said that she had the right of way and that
surveillance video shows Johnson failing to slow down or to brake in order to
avoid striking Ms. Smith. She suffered massive blunt force impact trauma and
was pronounced dead at the scene.

On
Monday morning, two teddy bears mark the place
where Smith died, the tragedy a result of what prosecutors argue was a
drugged man behind the wheel. Court papers revealed that Johnson admitted to
staff at Prince George’s Hospital that he had ingested the intoxicant PCP prior
to the incident.

After
the accident, Johnson was arrested and transported to a local hospital with
minor injuries. He has been charged with second-degree murder.

More and ongoing information about this case can be found on HomicideWatch.

From a DC police report posted on HomicideWatch: On November 8, 2013, at approximately 3:23 am, police officers from the Sixth Patrol District responded to the 5000 Block of Bass Place SE, Washington DC, for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they located an adult male suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. DC Fire and EMS transported the victim, identified as Tyree Beysean Miller, 27, to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

From a news report on NBC Washington: A semi-automatic weapon police found beside the victim may have been used in an exchange of gunfire with one or more shooters. More than two dozen shots were fired, damaging about a half dozen cars in the area. WUSA reports that classes at the school will not be interrupted by the shooting.

While documenting this site, I spoke to a couple of people in the neighborhood, and heard a couple of other sad tales of homicides nearby, and how they had affected their lives.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

From a police report: Alexandria Police are investigating a suspicious death that occurred in the 200 block of Elm Street, Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday, November 11, 2013. At approximately 12:30 pm a relative found the victim, a 69 year-old man, unconscious. The victim was pronounced on the scene by medics.

The victim has been identified as Ronald Kirby, 69. An autopsy performed Tuesday has determined the manner of death to be a homicide and the cause of death to be multiple gunshot wounds.

This is the fifth homicide for Alexandria in 2013. There were no homicides in 2012. The investigation is ongoing.

Doctor Kirby was a well-known and influential transportation planner, the director of transportation at the the Metropolitan Council of Governments, and has been grieved by many local officials.

Someone had placed a lone rose at the edge of the property, below the police crime tape.

Friday, November 1, 2013

From a DC police report: On Monday, October 28, 2013, at approximately 3:43 pm, units from the Fifth District responded for the report of a stabbing in the 1800 block Central Place NE, Washington DC. Upon arrival, members located an adult male suffering from an apparent stab wound. DC Fire and EMS personnel transported the victim, identified as Diallobe McDougald, 38, to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injury and was pronounced dead.

More information is available on this case is available at Homicide Watch.

This forlorn site is in one of the city's most challenged neighborhoods.
Adjacent to the site was a banner for a Habitat for Humanity project.

On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at approximately 11:46 pm, patrol officers from the Sixth District responded to the 500 block of 48th Place NE, Washington DC, for the sounds of gunshots. Upon their arrival, they located unconscious adult male in the alley in the rear of the 500 block of 48th Place, NE, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. DC Fire and EMS responded to the scene to initiate life saving measures, but found no signs consistent with life. The remains of the decedent, identified as James Baxter, 46, were transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner pending an autopsy and a determination of a cause and manner of death.

All that I was able to find at this lonely site was some police crime tape, and an investigator's blue glove.